William i



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W.- K. BELLIS.

GOIN PACKET.

No. 359,955. Patented MM. 22, 1887.

IN VENT OR.

WITNESSES.

NITED STATES Patent Prion.

"WILLIAM K. BELLIS, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO IVILLIAM BELLIS, OF SAME PLACE.

COlN-PACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,955, dated March 22, 1887.

Application filed September 24, 1885. Serial No. 178,015.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM K. BELLIs, of the city of Indianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ooin-Packets,

of which the following is a specification.

The object of my said invention is to produce a. packet for mailing or otherwise transmitting small sums of money in coin which shall be inexpensive, convenient to use, and which will hold the coins securely in position without the usual danger of loss arising from the liability of the coin to wear or break through the envelope or other wrapper in which it is inclosed.

I do not desire to be understood as claiming a coin-packet, broadly, as I am aware that such packets have heretofore been produced; but my invention consists in the particular construction of the packet hereinafter de scribed and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof, and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a packet filled with coins embodying my invention; Fig. 2,1111 under side plan showing the printed matter thereon; Fig. 3, a top plan showing the blank which is provided for writ o ing messages or directions, and Fig. i a transverse section of said packet through the center.

In said drawings the portions marked A represent the body of the device, and B the outside or cover.

The body A consists of a sheet of pasteboard or other suitable material of substantially the thickness of an ordinary coin, provided with a hole or series of holes of substantially the diameter of the coins to be inelosed, which holes should have notches in their sides to facilitate the removal of the coins, and one or more of them is to be provided with a ring, a, by which it may be 4 5 adapted to receive more than one sized coin, and the numberof holes in the entire packet to receive the required number of coins thus reduced. As indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, the

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usual and preferable arrangement is to make five holes in this body, the four outer ones of which are adapted, as indicated in Fig. 2, to receive coins of the smaller sizes, and the center one of which is adapted by means of this ring to receive either one of the larger sizes, according as to whether the ring is used or not. A portion of this ring may be cutaway,

if desired.

The cover 13 is a sheet 01'' flexible material (preferably tough paper) of substantially double the width of the body, and about equal in length to the envelope in which the packet is to beinclosed. One half is pasted to one side of the body, and thus forms a bottom to the holes therein. The other half (or the top of the body) is gummed similarly to a self- 5 sealing envelope, and the flap formed by said other half is thus adapted to be pasted over the top of the" body after the coins are put in place and secure said coins therein. Thelength of this cover, as indicated, is considerably greater than that of the body, and, as before stated, is intended to fill the envelope in which the packet is placed. This prevents the packet from moving about in the envelope, and adds greatly to the security against breaking or wearing through said envelope, and also gives additional space on which to write the message or instructions, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus fully described my said inven' tion, what I claim as new, and dcsi re to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A coin-packetconsisting of a body and a cover surrounding said body, the ends of said cover being extended beyond the ends of said body, whereby said packet is held from moving around in the envelope wherein it is placed, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 21st day of September, A. D. 1885.

C. BRADFORD, I). XV. Baiinronn. 

